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1 Gulden - George William
| Issuer | Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, County of |
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| Year | 1676 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Large draped bust of George William facing right, with long flowing curled wig, lace cravat visible at the truncation. The denomination numeral '60' appears in the lower field below the bust. The encircling legend runs along the coin's border, interrupted at the base by the value numeral. |
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| Reverse description | Large crowned coat of arms displaying a four-fold quartered shield with a central escutcheon bearing the arms of Sayn, flanked on either side by an upright palm branch. The date appears at the conclusion of the surrounding legend, which encircles the entire armorial composition. |
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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was one of the smaller territories of the Holy Roman Empire, and its coinage rights — while technically valid — were exercised with the kind of frequency that suggests deliberate political signaling rather than genuine monetary need. George William ruled from 1657 until his death in 1684, and this gulden falls squarely in the post-Thirty Years' War period when minor Rhenish counts reasserted dynastic visibility through silver coinage. The Davenport reference SG#901a distinguishes this from closely related die states within the same year.